Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness

A Gentleman is a man who will pay his gambling debts even when he knows he has been cheated.

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.

One may say with one's lips: “I believe that the world was created six thousand years ago;” or, “I believe that Jesus flew away into the skies and is sitting on the right hand of the Father;” or, “God is One, and also Three;” — but no one can believe it, because the words have no sense.

But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a source of enjoyment.

In our age the common religious perception of men is the consciousness of the brotherhood of man - we know that the well-being of man lies in the union with his fellow men. True science should indicate the various methods of applying this consciousness to life. Art should transform this perception into feeling.

When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time